Yoga protocol to fight diabetes likely next month

New Delhi, Jul 21: The AYUSH ministry is likely to issue a detailed standard yoga protocol for prevention and treatment of diabetes by next month, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal last month to focus on the treatment of the disease through the ancient Indian discipline.

"We are setting up a committee under Professor H R Nagendra along with other experts of yoga and modern sciences, who will set up a protocol. This protocol will have a specific set of yoga exercise which will help in fighting diabetes," said Ajit M Sharan, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH.